Thanks Shel I had the same problem. My neice had a field day on my lap top and this fixed it! Yippee!! It was my work computer and I hated to have to ask them to! fix it because they would of know I didn't do it and it was one of the kid! hahahah! Thanks again!

My son had the problem today and your solution solved it. My son failed to tell me that he pressed FN+numlk in the first place wich started the problem in the first place. So I pressed both keys again and its fixed.Thanks.

You need to press FN and the key that is next to your "space" key (between "space key" and "alt gr") simultaneously! (it's on the bottom center richt part of your keyboard... it has two little arrows on it)

It's a miracle! It works!!!!! I am spreading the word because I've been looking at websites fro the last three hours and no one had answers.

I came across this site hoping to find a solution with my keyboard. I was just typing and email this morning and I don`t know what key I pushed but now whenever I want to use the question mark key the letter E comes up instead it`s driving me nuts can you helpÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ

That isn't the letter E - it looks like a French E with an accent. I'm wondering if you managed to change your keyboard layout to a Canadian based one. They have that E on the question-mark key.

Open your Control Panel and look for something about language or regional options. What you see and what you need will depend on what version of Windows you are running. My memory suggests that it's the language settings that you need, no matter which version of Windows you have. You might even have a little icon next to the System Tray (where the clock and some icons are) and if so, you can right click that and choose Settings.

Look for Keyboard layout - for English speaking countries, we usually use the US keyboard layout but with whichever country for language that you are in, US, UK, Australia, Canada, etc.

(Been having a few problems with posting so if this appears more than once, my apologies.)

I'm very thankful also. I could not believe it when I started to type and got the number 3 insead of the letter l. I will be very careful to remember hitting Fn and NumLK keys if I ever have the problem again. Got enough stress without having your keys play tricks on you!

thank you, pressing fn+numlk solved my problem, at least temporarily. I installed LogMeIn and had no problem. then I installed windows live mesh for sharing files and remote control, and sometime after that, started having this issue. i've disabled all that software, but the problem still persists. interestingly, this is NOT a problem when windows first boots up -- I am able to enter my password without a problem. the problem starts sometime after I login, leading me to believe that some software that loads up on login is making this happen. once the problem has manifested itself, if I lock my computer (windows key + "L"), I cannot unlock it as the numLK key is now on, unbeknownst to me.

i will now try rebooting and see what happens. at least I now have a way to flip the fn key. phew.

i have a problem where after about 30 minutes of working normally, my computer will start filling any available field with the number 2. if I open internet explorere and go to type in an address, twos. if I click on a search box, twos. they just run continuously. any thoughts on how to stop this? I have an hp laptop. I have run adaware, spybot and norton., all come up with nothing.

I have that problem with my fujitsu siemens als but it isn't the number 2 it is the =============symbol I've taken the key off and pulled the rubber off from underneath the key.It worked for about 3 or 4 months and then out of the blue it started bringen them equal symbols up in aderess bar and google search bar and wordbook and everywhere where I can write something it's a pain in the arse!!I've tried to manually delete the keyboard from bios but I was un sucessful,so if anyone knows how to switch the keyboard from my fujitsu siemens amilo pi 2512 please let me know.I know how to replace the keyboard but would be financialy better if I could get around just simply pulling the plug on the laptop keyboard and using my usb keyboard what av already got.